KNTK (FM)

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KNTK-FM
Broadcast area	Weed / Mt. Shasta, California
Branding	FM NewsTalk 102.3
Slogan	"The Northstate's SuperStation"
First air date	1980's (as KSQU-FM)
Frequency	102.3 (mHz)
Format	News/Talk
ERP	15,500 watts (?)
Class	C1
Callsign meaning	KNTK (NTK abbrev. for NewsTalk)
Owner	Four Rivers Broadcasting
Website	www.kntk.net

KNTK-FM Radio 102.3 is a News/Talk station based in Mount Shasta, California (city of license is Weed, California), owned by Four Rivers Broadcasting. The general manager is John Anthony and the program/news director is Rick Martin, who hosts the KNTK Morning News and TalkBack. The station is currently an affiliate of the ABC Radio Network, home of Paul Harvey News and Comment and The Rest Of The Story.

Contents 1 History 2 Program Schedule 3 Local Sports 4 Past program directors 5 External links

[edit] History

The station first signed on the air as KSQU-FM back in the early 1980s in Weed. It was then purchased by Tom Erickson of Lake Havasu, Arizona, moved to Mt. Shasta and renamed KWHO-FM. The station was one of two country music radio stations in Siskiyou County (the other was KSYC-AM) and the first to broadcast country music on the FM band in the market.

KWHO was sold to Huth Broadcasting in 1997 and the format was changed to adult contemporary. Then the station was sold to Four Rivers Broadcasting, which already owned KSYC-AM, KSYC-FM, KMJC-AM and KMJC-FM. The format remained until 2003 when the news talk format moved from the AM stations to KWHO. The call letters were changed to KNTK in 2004. The signal is transmitted up and down the Interstate 5 corridor from Weed to Orland at 102.3, to Yreka at 101.7, and locally in Mt. Shasta at 99.3, all on the FM band.

[edit] Program Schedule

• KNTK Morning News with Rick Martin
• TalkBack with Rick Martin
• Rush Limbaugh
• Sean Hannity
• Michael Savage
• Michael Reagan

[edit] Local Sports

KNTK is the flagship station for Mt. Shasta High School and College of the Siskiyous football with Rick Martin and Al Blackmore on the commentary as well as the annual Lions All-Star Football Game (starting in 2006). It's also the flagship station for Mt. Shasta High School basketball with Martin calling the action on a solo basis. They occasionally include Weed and Dunsmuir High School games.

[edit] Past program directors

• Tom Erickson (1980s-1997 as KWHO)
• Mike Summers (1997-1999 as KWHO) (now of Sainte Television Group)
• Cal Hunter/Tom Huth (1997-2002 as KWHO) (now of KBLF-AM)
• Rick Martin (2002-present)

[edit] External links

• KNTK-FM Website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KNTK